Review: Japanese Bestselling Lip Balm: Be Zen Glossy Lip Treatment

January 27, 2010 |

I wonder if I will ever wake up and go, I am sick of Lip Balm? Well at the moment my passion for lip balm is still huge!

Up for testing on my chapped lips (all that lipbalm and still they flake) is the Be Zen Treatment Lip Gloss – its a bestseller in Japan and is supposed to be both a (clear) gloss and a lip balm. Errr…..a bit like most glossy lip balms.

Whoops. Silly me – I hate overly oily lip balms and I’m not really into clear, plain lip gloss. Stick some glitter in it, and I will wear it but plain gloss – meh.

Here is the tube! Looks all serious!

So the lip balm is pretty much what it says it is – a clear lip gloss, neither runny or too thick. It feels ok once its on but for me, it lacks the nourishing feeling that you’d get from a creamy balm texture.

It smells nice, it doesn’t taste of anything but I wouldn’t want to lick it off either.

If your lips aren’t too dry, like mine, and you love the natural look then this may be for you.

Meh. Its ok. I paid about £11 for it with shipping so it wasn’t cheap at all. This just isn’t my first choice.